ZOOLOGY. 



THE MAMMALIA OF SCOTLAND. 1 

 By F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



IN noticing on a previous occasion the excellent catalogues 

 of the Fauna of Scotland, whose publication has been 

 undertaken by the Natural History Society of Glasgow, we 

 promised to recur to the subject of this catalogue. 



It must not be thought that this and the other catalogues 

 already published are mere dry lists. They are very far from 

 that, containing a large amount of valuable and interesting 

 information ; and the catalogue under review is especially notice- 

 able in this respect. 



The number of still existent Mammals whose occurrence in 

 Scotland is well ascertained is — including the recently recorded 

 Delphinus albirostris — fifty-two, namely : — 



Plecotus auritus L. (Long- eared Bat). 

 Vesperugo pipistrellus Schreber (Common Bat). 

 Vespertilio Daubentoni Leisler (Daubenton's Bat). 



Erinacens europceus L. (Hedgehog). 



Talpa europcea L. (Mole). 



Sorex tetragonurus Herman (Common Shrew). 



Sorex minutus L. (Lesser Shrew). 



Crossopus fodiens Pallas (Water Shrew). 



Felis catus L. (Wild Cat). 



Canis vulpes L. (Fox). 



Martes sylvestris Nilsson (Yellow-breasted Marten). 



Mnstela vulgaris Erxleben (Weasel). 



Mustela erminea L. (Stoat). 



Mu stela putorius L. (Pole-cat). 



Meles taxus Schreber (Badger). 



Lutra vulgaris Erxleben (Otter). 



1 The Fauna of Scotland, with special reference to Clydesdale and the 

 Western District. — Mammalia. By E. R. Alston, F.L.S., F.G.S. Glasgow : 

 published by the Natural History Society of Glasgow. 



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